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Phone shopping

So looking to upgrade some more phones and we really like the size of the Smartphones... so the Cingular 2125 is the new equivalent of the SMT 5600...and hey ..they are now including ClearVue in the downloads http://www.htcamerica.net/support/software_downloads.htm. Read More
posted Monday, May 01, 2006 5:58 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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It's all about...

It's all about this isn't it? ..making things easy...more agile.. easier to get the job done... Watch that and see if you don't agree with me that that's exactly what SBS is all about.. the foundation and base that makes it all possible.... ....and Read More
posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:19 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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The bleeding edgers

After reading this blog post.... Windows Mobile 5 on Audiovox SMT 5600:   and this one... and checking in with the guy that I know who has done this to his phone..... I think I'll stay on my Windows Mobile 3 and not blow up anything....   Read More
posted Monday, April 24, 2006 6:58 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So your RWW isn't RWWing?

A poster in the 2k group ...and a ping from a fellow MVP reminded me of some troubleshooting steps (not to mention some help from the Podcast gang)...about ensuring that RWW is working 1.  Check and make sure you at least have port 443 and 4125 Read More
posted Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:53 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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So out in the field...

And I get this call that someone needs to get an updated information on to their accounting system.  I had already pulled over a zip file of the database using Logmein Reach as they did not have RWW, and so I had the data file on the server, but Read More
posted Friday, March 24, 2006 12:18 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Sprint PPC 6700 Windows Mobile 5.0 device ROM upgrade

Jason Roy in the SBS2k listserve posts.....   I thought I would share this with the group as I know a few of you havea Sprint PPC 6700 Windows Mobile 5.0 device.  I stumbled across and anupdated ROM image for the Sprint 6700 on their support Read More
posted Monday, March 20, 2006 10:19 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Looking for a Mobile 5 device?

Today one of the guys in the office that has a Mobile 3 (the Audiovox 5600) said that his daughter (who also has one... yes the Windows Mobile disease travels through families) was having a hard time finding a cigarette lighter because the stores she Read More
posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:28 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Stuff on Windows Mobile 5

Information on Devices: http://www.xda-developers.com/ And Vlad's wiki on Mobility and Exchange http://www.vladville.com/wiki/ SBSPodcast gang on Mobility http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/02/12/419364.aspx Peter Gallagher on ActiveSync Read More
posted Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:17 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Windows Mobile 5 document on the web!

Okay so we know that Windows Mobile 3 were easily set up with SBS..but the new 5 ones were a bit more troublesome...well not anymore with this document: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8be70d72-1e5a-4128-a30c-dafeeb43544d&displaylang=en Read More
posted Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:58 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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$612 million later

Your fingers may not be safe but your Blackberries are. But here are some thoughts on the device from conversations on a listserve..... Pick a PDA not by picking a standard mobile company but by the device you want Look at what additional apps are Read More
posted Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:00 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The SBS Podcast gang back on the air

The Official SBS Support Blog : Inside SBS #14 - The Mobility Meltdown: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/02/12/419364.aspx It seems like daily there is a post about "how do I get this sync'd with that".  Check out the Texas gang as they Read More
posted Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:41 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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RWW and Verizon revisited

Huy has a Verizon card and it was not letting him connect to Remote Web Workplace.  The card he has is the PC5740 and the software version is 5.3.8.    Huy Pham wrote:   Dear Susan, I have found the solution thanks to hint of Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 7:14 AM by bradley | 6 Comments
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Are branch offices just for large and enterprise firms?

Looking at this download makes me wonder if companies realize that we're getting a heck of a lot more agile these days..... This Branch office document discusses the how branch offices can provide substantial benefits for organizations of all sizes, Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 12:18 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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JeffM says......

To update our blog readers...Jeff is back home in New Orleans (NOLA) where things are getting better...but as he put it..."not quite where some of us would like yet..." Messages you type here are delivered to a mobile phone or pager. The recipient Read More
posted Friday, January 27, 2006 8:24 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Deploying a third party cert

So someone the other day asked me about installing a Certificate authority on a SBS box.... and I argued with them and pointed to the post I had done the other day about self signed certs.  So today I realized that all we needed to know about how Read More
posted Saturday, December 03, 2005 3:14 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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We're now a three phone firm

Set up another Windows Mobile phone...we now have three phones that connect seemlessly and effortlessly to the network here at the office [and three more ways that a firm password is on a remote device too, so one has to keep that in mind] I still did Read More
posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:19 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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My cell phone is visiting the mountains this weekend

My coworker today said he was getting a new phone from Cingular... WAIT!  I said.... before you make up your mind as to the phone... take mine up to the Mountains and make sure it works... if it does.... I'm going to insist that he buys an Audiovox.  Read More
posted Saturday, November 19, 2005 12:50 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
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About those good passwords

Dana posts about an issue he hit when he had a good strong password chosen and used it to also sync with his SmartPhone.  You know...he had a space in his password.  Now windows likes it just fine.... Smartphones...well let's just say that Read More
posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:03 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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If these devices are business phones, why aren't these native?

In the Cingular store, the Audiovox is in the section called “business phones”.  So if they are business phones why aren't two things natively on the Windows Mobile platform?  Reading word docs Reading pdfs Whenever I'd Read More
posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 5:27 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Any Novell experts out there?

One of the advantages of the Microsoft Mobility world is that it's very easy to find a sync tool between a “fill in the blank” and Outlook.  Groupwise however... I'm not sure if I can find the same resources.  We're looking for the Read More
posted Saturday, November 05, 2005 4:42 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Blackberry on SBS

<with the caveat that I have not done this> In order to support Blackberry's on a SBS box you need to purchase SBE Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.0 for Exchange.  The docs say it's not "supposed" to be installed on the same server that Exchange Read More
posted Sunday, September 04, 2005 12:48 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Just keep on drooling folks

From the mailbag today comes the question if Remote Web Workplace is avaibable for non SBSers.  Someone wanted it for their larger firms.   <evil cackle>  No… it’s ours… all ours….  With kudos to the Read More
posted Monday, August 22, 2005 10:07 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So how many RWW machines can you hang off a SBS box?

From the mailbag today comes the question about the a practical way to 'size' the amount of bandwidth each RWW connection uses.  The mailer asks “  The issue is setting a clients expectations on the realistic total number of CONCURRENT Read More
posted Friday, August 12, 2005 6:01 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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A little flexibility

So the co-worker got back from Manila and after all my planning and prep for remote access, he had to be a bit more flexible.  Here's some of the things we learned from this trip: You may sign up for it here...but it may not be over Read More
posted Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Uh...guilty...don't leave home without it...

http://www.corporatemedianews.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=33580 A recent survey of U.S. adult computer users, commissioned by Intel Corporation(R) and conducted by Harris Interactive(R), reveals that 34 percent of respondents or their families have Read More
posted Friday, August 05, 2005 7:27 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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